A New Address!
The funny thing about being in the logistics industry is that when it comes to your own logistics, all the lessons you have learnt at your job - about being disciplined in your packing, labeling, securing and coordinating - gets thrown out the door. At least for me that is 
Just for the record, I have moved house 22 times in 32 years. Yes - thats 1 move every 1.45454545 years. (now you know my age). The secret to a surviving that many moves is not to keep anything for long - throw it away if you don't need it, and keep everything ready packed
So what have I been really doing? Well its not really moving house per-se, but our trusty network needs a new vendor! As a result of the recent merger in my company, our networks needed to move to a new vendor, and so, OTM needs an new address.
Unfortunately, my 32 years of house moving experience came to naught and I reached out to Oracle folks for help to migrate my OTM installation.
Thing is that Oracle themselves do not have any official documentation and their recommendation is to reinstall OTM (thats just like raizing our house to the ground and rebuild it again)
Desperate, I reached out and Chris was kind enough to provide a list of configuration files to change the IP with.
After asking his kind permission, I am attaching a sample checklist for those who are brave enough to attempt this. As usual - I offer no guarantees or assurances. If you are unsure, please consult a OTM Technical Consultant. Trust me, its worth it if you are unsure - don't want to burn your house yeah
Hope this helps and happy moving!
Just for the record, I have moved house 22 times in 32 years. Yes - thats 1 move every 1.45454545 years. (now you know my age). The secret to a surviving that many moves is not to keep anything for long - throw it away if you don't need it, and keep everything ready packed
So what have I been really doing? Well its not really moving house per-se, but our trusty network needs a new vendor! As a result of the recent merger in my company, our networks needed to move to a new vendor, and so, OTM needs an new address.
Unfortunately, my 32 years of house moving experience came to naught and I reached out to Oracle folks for help to migrate my OTM installation.
Thing is that Oracle themselves do not have any official documentation and their recommendation is to reinstall OTM (thats just like raizing our house to the ground and rebuild it again)
Desperate, I reached out and Chris was kind enough to provide a list of configuration files to change the IP with.
After asking his kind permission, I am attaching a sample checklist for those who are brave enough to attempt this. As usual - I offer no guarantees or assurances. If you are unsure, please consult a OTM Technical Consultant. Trust me, its worth it if you are unsure - don't want to burn your house yeah
Hope this helps and happy moving!
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 | Hi, I have added the Oracle Application Server Administrator Guide - Changing Network Config document that I used as a reference when changing the IP address / hostname of the Oracle Forms and Reports Server. Hope this helps! |
Posted May 12th, 2008 at 05:38 by ianlo  |
| |  Thanks!Thanks for posting the doc to the general community - I definitely appreciate it. On a side note, I was an Army brat growing up (some contend that I'm still a brat) and moved a lot also. Not nearly as much as you, but usually every 2-3 years. Now that my life has settled, I still have the itch to move every couple of of years. Since I like this area, it now involves moving from house-to-house in the same town  |
| Posted May 23rd, 2008 at 11:56 by chrisplough |
| | The good thing about moving so much is that you tend to keep only what you need most close to you and well the rest is thrown away! - at least for me. So I am sorta like a "thrower" The good thing about other people moving is the garage sales and they are the BEST places to get a good deal! I once got my (then high end super duper) Dual G4 PowerMac (6 mths old) for 25% discount from a garage sale and after 3 years, I sold it again for a 1K. Averaged depreciation of 2K over 3 years ... quite a good deal I would say. |
| Posted May 27th, 2008 at 15:24 by ianlo |
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